Jessica Tomich Sorci ’09 (Los Angeles, CA) graduated from Antioch in 2009 while six months pregnant with her daughter and experienced firsthand the challenges of early motherhood and postpartum adjustment….
Yolanda Davis-Overstreet Featured in the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum’s “L.A. on Wheels” Series
Yolanda Davis-Overstreet ’18 (Los Angeles, MA) was featured in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s L.A. on Wheels, an online series celebrating the diversity of Los Angeles and…
Toni Ann Johnson Returns with Award-Winning New Story Collection
Acclaimed writer Toni Ann Johnson ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA) will release a new short story collection that asks a question many people spend a lifetime trying to answer: Where is…
Russell Thornhill Serves as Chairperson for World AIDS Day
Russell E. Thornhill, EdD ’13, ‘14 (Los Angeles, BA in Liberal Studies; MA in Organizational Management), teaching faculty in Undergraduate Studies at Antioch University and co-director of the Bridge Program,…
Rami Aizic Shares His Unconventional Journey to Fatherhood in Memoir
Rami Aizic ’96 (Los Angeles, MA) has recently published a courageous and heartfelt memoir, My Dream of Fatherhood: An Unconventional Journey (Franklin Publishers). In it, Aizic opens up about the…
Antioch Voices: The Destroyer, Giver of Joy
Carly Petersmeyer About eight years ago, I was contemplating what in my life I was fearful of. Although I had started healing work on myself years prior with meditation, diet,…
Grant Chemidlin to Publish Poetry Collection Celebrating Queer Love, Queer Joy, and Chosen Connection
Grant Chemidlin’s ‘23 (Los Angeles, MFA) will have his new poetry collection, In the Middle of a Better World, published by Central Avenue and distributed by Simon & Schuster on…
April Brucker Headlines International Comedy Special
April Brucker ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) headlined internationally with her new comedy special, April Backstage. Written and performed by Brucker, the special offered a behind-the-scenes, no-holds-barred look at the life…
The Semantics of Suicide
Claudia Vaughan I was 19 years old when my father took his life. When people ask why he’s no longer with us, I tell them that he was sick. I…
Antioch Spotlight: MFA Alum Kirby Chen Mages on Hosting the First Season of Hybridia
Kirby Chen Mages is a writer, performer, visual artist, and podcast host based in Los Angeles. Their work largely takes up questions of intersectionality, nuance, and how culture and identity…
Waiting for an Easy Time to Be a Writer
Grace Ward This essay is adapted from remarks Ward gave as the graduate speaker for the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing at the Antioch University Los Angeles Commencement Ceremony on…
Your Time, Your Schedule: How Online Bachelor’s Degrees Work
Going back to school can feel overwhelming, especially when your days are already packed with work, family, and responsibilities. But online learning has transformed what it means to earn a…